BBC Radio Derby has teamed up with Derby City Council to deliver the DIY SOS style project, which is expected to be complete in just a matter of days.

More than 100 volunteers are offering their time to transform an untidy part of the park into a new forest school, aimed to bring more children and adults to the park for generations to come.

Work started on Monday, September 2, with the aim of revealing the finished look on Friday morning.

Brambles and overgrown plants are being removed in the large wildlife area next to the Derby Arboretum café so the area can be transformed.

The area is known for attracting different species of wildlife but due to its overgrown nature, has mainly been inaccessible to the public.

Volunteers, including local residents and Network Rail, have been busy digging up and cleaning up the council-owned land.

A local police officer also took time out by helping create a pathway for the park's new feature on Monday morning.

Anyone wishing to help out is welcome to come along and take part.

Volunteers and council workers have been assisting with the transformation (Image: Derby Telegraph)

The forest school will be a spacious area which will include seating and a canopy area where children can come to learn and see the wildlife enter the park.

The project was inspired around a year ago after children from a local school took part in a letter writing project and suggested a forest school be created at Derby Arboretum.

Sarah Webster, community parks officer at Derby City Council, said the new feature will provide a boost the park.

"At the moment the wildlife area is overgrown and full of brambles and we've had a lot of groups contact us saying they would like to use it as a Forest School activity area where they can use the environment to learn about things and exploring nature.

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"It's brilliant as this will get people using the area for different activities and schools can come and use it and importantly getting more people int the park.

"The site is one of the first open parks in the country and it is also about celebrating that."

Rachael Gilchrist, news editor for BBC Radio Derby, said: "We're thrilled to see work starting today - it's great to see so many volunteers come on board.

A new pathway for the wildlife area is also being created (Image: Derby Telegraph)

"This is something we have wanted to do for some time.

"We've done community events before but we wanted to do something different with the community and, as this is the country's first ever public park, we thought 'well if we are going to start somewhere then it would be perfect to start here'."

Project organisers told Derbyshire Live they expect the grand opening of the new forest school to take place on Friday morning.